Package of sheets of paper



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PACKAGE 0P SHEETS OF PAPER. No. 309,717 Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER HEWVLETT HICKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PACKAGE OF SHEETS OF PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,717, dated December 23, 1884.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER HEWLETT HIoKs, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inventeda new Package of Sheets of Paper; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description and specification of the same, reference being had to the drawings makingpart of the same.

My invention relates to packing sheets of paper or similar material so that the sheets can be readily removed singly from the package; and it consists in certain combinations, fully set forth in the claims at the end of this schedule.

In order that persons skilled in the art may understand, construct, and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it, referring to the drawings, in which Figure l is a front view of my package when prepared for use without a holder. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the holder which Iuse to suspend my package in. Fig. 4 is a side view of the same with a portion broken away near its top to show the package suspended in it in the position it assumes when hung upon the wall for use. Fig. 5 shows the method of layingthe sheets together preparatory to wiring and bending up into the form shown at Fig; 2.

The several sheets overlap one another at opposite ends alternately, and the bindingwires are passed through these laps, so that each sheet is secured by a wire at one end only, while the other end is held between the two contiguous sheets by pressure; or I sometimes cause it to adhere slightly to another sheet by weak gum. When these sheets are wired and bent up, as shown in Fig. 2, the wires are passed through a stiff back piece and hooked together, the opposite wires hooking into each other, as shown. The stiff back piece is bent over at the top of the package to form a hook to hang itby in the holder, as shown at Fig. 4. \Vhen the package is so bent up and wired to the back piece, the outer sheet will drop into the position shown in Fig. 2, unless it has been caused to adhere to its neighbor by gum, in which case it is necessary to detach it, so that it will drop, as shown. The user seizes this sheet and pulls it away from its wiring. In doing so he either pulls the next sheet with it, if gummed, or, if not gummed, the next sheet will drop of itself into a similar position as the sheet was in which has been removed, but opposite to it, as it is wired at its opposite end. Thus each sheet as it is removed draws down its neighbor, so that but one sheet is presented for use at a time. I have marked the holder in the drawings A, the hook which supports the package in said holder B, the holes by which it is suspended to the wall I). The stiff back piece by which the package is hung in the holder I have marked C. The paper sheets are marked D. The wires which pass through the sheets and hold them to the back piece, C, are marked 6 e.

I have described but one form of package in this specification. I

There are many obvious changes of form which may be adopted without departing from my invention.

The sheets may-be laid up, as shown in Fig. 5, and not bent up.

Having now fully described my invention and the manner in which I have embodied it, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A package of sheets of paper or other similar material in which one end of each sheet overlaps that of the other sheet next to it alternately, and the ends of the alternate sheets are secured to each other, all arranged, substantially as described, to present one sheet at a time for use.

2. A package of sheets of paper or simllar material in which one end of each sheet overlaps one end of the sheet next toit alternately, and the ends of the alternate sheets are secured to each other and to a stiffening-piece, all arranged, substantially as described, to present the sheets singly.

3. A package of sheets of paper or similar material in which one end of each sheet over- 5 laps the end of the next, and having the overlapping ends of the alternate sheets secured to each other and to a backing, and the free end of each sheet secured removably to the overlapping end of the next, substantially as described.

OLIVER HEIVLE'IT HICKS.

' IVitnesses:

H. H. RING, O. PLUMB.

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